Details

Set to a text by Jack Underwood, The Commission is a dark tale of murder and brutal revenge. Working closely with artist Ellie Rees and director Annabel Arden, co-founder of the renowned Theatre de Complicite, Elspeth Brooke explores a fragmented fictional world in this one-act opera. In Cafe Kafka, Spanish composer Francisco Coll constructs an unsettling world, inspired by some of Kafka's most unusual texts. Set in a modern bar, this production seeks to examine human nature, as a group of five singers search for intimacy, connection and meaning. New Production.

Cast/Performers

Andri Bjorn Robertsson (The Craftsman - The Commission), Daniel Norman (The Silversmith - The Commission), Anna Dennis (Daughter - The Commission), William Purefoy (Pope / Surgeon - The Commission), Suzanne Shakespeare (Girl - Cafe Kafka), Daniel Norman (First Man - Cafe Kafka), Anna Dennis (Woman - Cafe Kafka), William Purefoy (Second Man - Cafe Kafka), Andri Bjorn Robertsson (Third Man / The Hunter Gracchus / Policeman - Cafe Kafka)

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Elspeth Brooke (The Commission), Francisco Coll (Cafe Kafka)
Lyrics(s): Jack Underwood (The Commission), Meredith Oakes (Cafe Kafka)
Producer(s): Royal Opera House, Aldeburgh Music, Opera North
Conductor: Richard Baker
Director: Annabel Arden
Design(s): Joanna Parker, Dick Straker (video)
Lighting: Matt Haskins
Sound: Peter Malkin